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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Liz Truss report demanded vast cuts and £10 fee to see GP - 'true colours' in full

Liz Truss is accused of showing her “true colours” in a paper that called for vast spending cuts and a £10 fee to see your GP.

The runaway favourite to be Prime Minister was one of seven people who wrote a 44-page slash-and-burn policy document for the 2009 Budget.

The ‘Back to Black’ paper for the Reform think tank recommended cutting £28bn in a year by introducing "user charges for GPs” and whittling 10% off doctors’ pay.

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